asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what arrangements are being made to reduce or abolish the guarantee indemnity on the cars brought to this country by visitors to the Festival of Britain.

Cars temporarily imported here by visitors from abroad can be admitted without payment of Customs duty and Purchase Tax, and without import licence, under touring documents issued by the internationally recognised foreign touring associations to their members. This is in accordance with the arrangements embodied in the International Convention on Touring. The amount of any indemnity charges made by the foreign associations to their members for the use of these facilities is a matter between them and their members.